This guitar is in excellent shape. The body finish hasn’t faded much and it looks original but it is a refin done by someone who really knows what they are doing. There are a few bumps and knocks but the overall look is quite clean and most people would think on first glance it is an original sunburst!

The neck looks superb too, this has not been refinished. Apart from a few very minor knocks, there is no real damage to the back of the neck and the lacquer has worn nicely. The fretboard and frets are in great shape. The new frets have plenty of life left in them. The headstock has only some light crazing and the original transition logo decal has worn but is still present.

Electronically there seems to have been some solder reflowed but nothing seems to have been changed. The pots read week 17 of 1966.

The guitar comes with a correct Black Tolex Fender hardshell case.

This guitar certainly has plenty to offer sonically. The neck pickup delivers a smooth tone with plenty of clarity and a great rhythm tone that evokes a Stax sound. The bridge pickup has all the bite you’d want without getting too far towards the harshness that later incarnations tended to drift. The middle position blends both wonderfully. The neck is very comfortable and it doesn’t take too long to fall for this guitar.

A classic guitar in a classic finish, grab it before it gets away…